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Unite lead officer for health in Yorkshire Terry Cunliffe said: “This is a case of a council that won this award for ‘hard work and commitment’ treating a section of its workforce as second-class citizens – hardly the ethos that won the council the award in the first place."

The first step will be to fight a proposed £1.8 million axe to the pay and conditions of council workers – and if the council proceeds with its plans, the union said that an industrial action ballot was on the cards

The money, built up since 1985, will come from the former 5/344 Transport and General Workers (TGWU) Sick and Distress Fund which is being wound up as tyre manufacturer Goodyear gets set to close the doors on its only UK manufacturing operation next month

Unite CYPW section chair Fran Sullivan said: “Youth work is the glue that binds communities together; we liaise with the police, social workers and a range of health professionals from community nurses to clinical psychology to assist young people through often traumatic times.”

The British Board of Film Classification, which classifies films and videos, plans to axe five examiners by the end of the year and replace them with younger, less experienced – and cheaper – compliance officers.

A protest meeting and march will be held in Leicester on Saturday (29 October) to stop the moves which will see the East Midlands lose this facility – it performs about 300 operations a year on children born with heart defects.